Women in Prison

Last changed on Thu, 10/12/2023 - 12:29
Community
Texas After Violence Project
Category
Mass Incarceration, Surviving Violence
Summary
Stacy Bowen shares her perspective on growing up with a parent who was incarcerated, her experience of witnessing her children being incarcerated, and the effects of generational incarceration.
Community
Texas After Violence Project
Category
Mass Incarceration, Surviving Violence
Summary
Hayley Pokorski discusses both her family’s and her own relationship with mass incarceration and state violence and describes how the system perpetuates harm and trauma.
Community
Texas After Violence Project
Category
Mass Incarceration, Surviving Violence
Summary
Vickie Kerr (Roberts) is the mother of two formerly incarcerated daughters. Vickie describes the parental role she played in the lives of her grandchildren and how she took care of herself and her family during her daughters’ sentences.
Community
Texas After Violence Project
Category
Mass Incarceration, Surviving Violence
Summary
Nadia Kerr describes what imprisonment was like alongside her sister while her mother raised her children for her.